About The Word Butterfly
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Butterfly
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What's The Definition Of Butterfly?
[n] a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
[n] diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings [v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [v] cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp" [v] flutter like a butterfly Synonyms | Synonyms for Butterfly: butterfly stroke | chat up | coquet | coquette | dally | flirt | mash | philander | romance Related Terms | Find terms related to Butterfly: See Also | brush-footed butterfly | danaid | danaid butterfly | dart | dolphin kick | fleet | flit | flutter | four-footed butterfly | lepidopteran | lepidopteron | lepidopterous insect | lycaenid | lycaenid butterfly | nymphalid | nymphalid butterfly | open | pierid | pierid butterfly | speak | spread | spread out | sulfur butterfly | sulphur butterfly | swimming stroke | talk | unfold | vamp | wanton Butterfly In Webster's Dictionary \But"ter*fly`\, n.; pl. {Butterflies}. [Perh. from the
color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl[=e]ge,
buttor-fle['o]ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See
{Butter}, and {Fly}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A general name for the numerous species of diurnal
Lepidoptera.
Note: [See Illust. under {Aphrodite}.]
{Asclepias butterfly}. See under {Asclepias}.
{Butterfly fish} (Zo["o]l.), the ocellated blenny ({Blennius
ocellaris}) of Europe. See {Blenny}. The term is also
applied to the flying gurnard.
{Butterfly shell} (Zo["o]l.), a shell of the genus {Voluta}.
{Butterfly valve} (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve,
consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to
a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat
resembles a butterfly in shape.
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